Ishram Alam
Ms. Alam is a first-year doctoral student in the department of Epidemiology. She received a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Mathematical Decision Sciences from UNC. For her honors thesis, she analyzed racial bias in police use of force in the New York “Stop and Frisk” policy. Prior to starting her doctoral program, she worked as an Economist at RTI International, where she evaluated the effects of public health media campaigns on attitudes and behaviors and studied national disparities in tobacco use among LGBT young adults. Outside of work, she volunteered as a Crisis Hotline Companion and Support Group Facilitator at the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Her research interests include violence prevention, minority health, and econometric methods.